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WHAT’S CHANGED? with Tom Black and Shane Day - Part 2
Season 5 · Episode 212

WHAT’S CHANGED? with Tom Black and Shane Day - Part 2

Tom Black (University of George Volleyball) and Shane Day (LA Chargers) return to talk about what’s changed in their coaching and approaches to training since our last conversation.

Coach Your Brains Out

August 25, 202232m 40s

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Show Notes

  • 1:44 - How would the key ideas of coaching fit in with a constraints led/ecological approach?
  • 3:31 - Explaining Frans Bosch’s idea of “attractors” in as a guide for achieving specific skills in athletes.
  • 7:11 - If athletes are too knowledgeable of the checkpoints involved towards a key, does that take away from the variability that allows for greater stabilization?
  • 10:37 - Why does Shane allow his players to fail?
  • 13:39 - What qualities does Tom dislike in athletes, and does failure fit into that?
  • 15:46 - How does Tom approach scenarios where his players are engaged, but aren’t successful in creating momentum in game?
  • 17:34 - Do weak performances in practice correlate lead to successful competition in real games?
    • Failures in practice as a sign of learning
  • 24:05 - Over the last couple years, have Tom and Shane started to implement differential learning in their coaching models?
  • 29:05 - Explaining deliberate practice vs. changing the focus of practices.

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